Asus P8Z68-V LX

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (10th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 90 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 50.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Boot Drive	67.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

19 months ago, 19 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V LX (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111021
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Oct 05 '22 at 10:41
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	UKR-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2400-$250 166,255 User benchmarks, average bench 61% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	Memory 66.1 1-Core 65.7 2-Core 124 51% 85.3 Pts	4-Core 209 8-Core 199 28% 204 Pts	64-Core 186 12% 186 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 70%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 611GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 166 160 166 162 165 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	67.1% Good	Read 317 Write 336 Mixed 281 SusWrite 166 62% 275 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 49.4 4K Mixed 30.6 98% 33.9 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 278 216% 296 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 133%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 73 68 82 78 81 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	40.5% Average	Read 65.5 Write 50.8 Mixed 23.5 SusWrite 75.9 39% 53.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 81% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Dark-1866 2x4GB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	35.8% Below average	MC Read 11.2 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 12.8 36% 12.6 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 10.1 SC Mixed 10.6 28% 9.63 GB/s	Latency 111 36% 111 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V LX

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	487x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	424x
Core i7-2600Intel $191Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	195x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	133x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	123x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	103x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	71x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	56x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	44x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	66x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	54x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	52x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $333

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16